Saginaw Township police are reminding residents to lock their vehicles to help prevent crime. Brad Devereaux | The Saginaw News

SAGINAW TOWNSHIP, MI — A 19-year-old Saginaw Township man was arrested early on Sunday, March 31, after he was found to be in possession of prescription pills and other items that investigators believe he took from cars parked in Saginaw Township, according to police.

The Saginaw Township Police Department received two reports about a suspicious person in a neighborhood on Anne east of Hemmeter on beginning at 2:14 a.m., according to Lt. Gary Grauf.

The man was located nearby in the parking lot of Green Acres plaza carrying two garbage bags and a backpack, Grauf said. Police stopped and searched the suspect and found a bottle of pills and other items believed to be taken from parked cars in the neighborhood. The two garbage bags were filled with returnable cans, Grauf said, that police believe may have also been stolen.

The suspect, who appeared to be intoxicated, was arrested and police are working to secure a warrant related to the incident with possible charges of larceny from a motor vehicle and possession of a controlled substance, Grauf said.

The Saginaw Township Police Department reminds residents to lock their vehicles to help prevent crimes like larceny from vehicles.